Tag: mystery novels

And It’s Off!

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on August 13, 2019. Posted in General, HOMELESSNESS. 4 Comments

I just sent the revised HARBORING EVIL manuscript to my agent. She had some great suggestions for improving the plot, which sounded simple when she described them, which didn’t turn out to be simple at all. But I feel the story is more mature, the characters more memorable. We shall see if she agrees. HARBORING EVIL is a traditional mystery....

A Treat Rejected

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on January 12, 2014. Posted in General. 4 Comments

The entire time I’ve been slogging through the revision of Train Trip, I’ve been holding out the treat of reading a James Lee Burke novel. It’s a Hackberry Holland mystery, not Dave Robicheaux because I’ve read all the Louisiana novels. James Lee Burke is one of my favorites, with his lush language and “haunting of the past” themes. But I’ve...